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Wings & Words: Exploring UA's Avian Heritage

This guide accompanies the exhibit, "Wings & Words: The Rhodes Collection of Birds and the Belcher Bird Library."

Sources

Sources used for research and display in the exhibit are in the Reference List below.

Akron Beacon Journal. (April 15, 1904). Buchtel gets a valuable present. Akron Beacon Journal.

Akron Beacon Journal. (April 30, 1904). For the public’s benefit: Collection of birds at Buchtel College open to all. Akron Beacon Journal.

Akron Beacon Journal. (May 6, 1910). Loved birds and his country and church: Thomas Rhodes of Akron was a pioneer and rich land owner. Akron Beacon Journal.

Akron Beacon Journal. (February 2, 1992). Bird lovers will love this [Print]. Akron Beacon Journal.

Ashworth, A. (n.d.). Ivory-billed woodpecker gets top billing as birds in UA collection get student makeovers. Akron Beacon Journal. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2022/03/20/ivory-billed-woodpecker-gets-top-billing-university-akron/7029429001/

The Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. (2022).  Cabinets of Curiosity: Natural History Mysteries [Press Release]. The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. https://www.uakron.edu/chp/whats-on/natural-history-mystery?fbclid=IwAR1pDs1fQ671-vfCoKUGySBurhrEcR3h2IbejRTuMZfgyvyj86Rt8REWS-Y

Doyle, W. (1908). Doyle, W. B. (1908). Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Pub. Co.

Hafred, L. (December 23, 1997). 1997.12.23 C7 Paul Belcher obit. The Akron Beacon Journal. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-19971223-c7-p/5726265/

Holliday, G. & Roketenetz, L. (2022). Discovering the UA Museum of Zoology [PowerPoint slides]. NEXT Conference at The University of Akron.

Holliday, G., & Roketenetz, L. (2022). Uncovering a Natural History Mystery at the University of Akron. Proceedings from the Document Academy, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/9/2/3

Sarah Bagshaw Garside Rhodes (1830-1910). (n.d.). Www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5826272/sarah-bagshaw-rhodes

Slater, S. (1992, February 6). Local bird lover donates collection to UA. The Buchtelite.

UA Department of Biology (n.d.) UA Museum of Zoology Digital Collection [Digital collection]. The University of Akron and contentDM. https://cdm15960.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/zoology

University Archives and Special Collections. (n.d.). Paul Belcher Folder [Archival material]. The University of Akron, Akron, OH.

The University of Akron. (July, 1, 1967). Board of Trustees (B8F005_077) [Photograph]. University of Akron Photograph Collection. University Archives and Special Collections. https://cdm15960.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15960coll3/id/110458

The University of Akron. (1992). The Year reviewed between July 1, 1991, and June 30, 1992…. Akron Magazine, Fall 1992, 8-9. https://collections.uakron.edu/digital/collection/p15960coll3/id/121391/rec/12

The University of Akron. (1882). View of Natural History Room [Image]. The Buchtel. Originally published by Beacon Publishing Co., Printers. Digitized by University Archives and Special Collections in contentDM. https://cdm15960.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15960coll3/id/111716/rec/5